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Asian Recipes That Fit Macros - Survey
When I was weight lifting regularly, I found myself hating most of the recipes that were recommended on weight lifting forums. I love cooking and could be described as a “foodie” so eating chicken and broccoli variations with little flavor was incredibly depressing. I ended up creating a huge spreadsheet of my favorite…
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Meal Planning Tool
I think maybe the app has been upgraded since the instructions and tasks have been written for meal plans. I have task lists in the Plan section but can’t find the actual meal planning tool? Help and Thank you!
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healthy grocery lists?
I need to go grocery shopping soon because the majority of the food in my home has been carbs, meat, and sugar up to this point. More light, vegetable-based cuisine and wholesome snacks are what I'm after. Does anyone use a shopping list that is heavier on vegetables? I want to buy asparagus, mixed vegetables, squash, and…
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Portion size in My Recipes?
Hi all, when I create my own recipes it asks for number of servings. For something like soups, if I forget to save the individual portions in the fridge, I can’t recall how much makes up a serving (ie cup, ounce, etc) is there a way to add that to the recipe?
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Been using MyFitnessPal for 1+ month to record my Food intake
Hi everyone! I've been using MyFitnessPal app to record my daily food intake and also monitor my nutritional needs and so far it has helped me throughout my journey in losing weight and burning fat. I have lost about 8.8 KG since I started monitoring my food intake and I did that via Intermittent Fasting, Calorie Deficit,…
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30 Day Food Tracking Challenge
For this challenge, we will focus on logging our food in myfitnesspal for 30 days starting Monday, May 8th. Are you in???
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Finally got round to doing something
Hi folks. I'm new to Myfitnesspal. I finally got round to doing something about my obesity. I lost a fair amount a few years back but it all crept back on. Now I'm back on the food logging, night fasting, careful eating, small portion bandwagon, and so far (3 days and counting) it is paying off.
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Get out of the 200-210#s bodyweight range. Lose it lb. by lb.
HI THERE , MFP COMMUNITY ! Again, you know what to do : follow your favourite MFP food and nutrition programme, record everything in the diary, write your food and exercise notes, weigh yourself regularly, share and communicate with your MFP friends. Here’s the added new thing here : How to get out of the current…
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Accountability partner
Hi. I just turned 47, in family transition with 3 kids. I live in southwest suburbs of Chicago. I have gained over 30lb over the years. I used to better about being active and watching my diet but those were the days of no responsibility. I struggle with working out, making sure I drink enough water, meal planning on my…
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Need help with cooking for one person to lose weight and one to gain
I'm looking to lose another 75 lbs and my daughter who is 22 and 5'2 is 94 lbs and needs to gain weight, maybe 10 - 15 lbs so she has a better bmi. Problem is I have acid reflux and can't eat many things, I also have a geographical tongue so some acidity foods burns my tongue. I'm also diabetic so I need to keep to…
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Add "Time Eaten" to Food Logging
I would like to suggest adding an option to include 'Time Eaten' when logging food for Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner or snacks. Over time, tracking would reveal good or bad habits. Recording time eaten would also be helpful for people who do IF.
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Sheet pan chicken with cauliflower and olives question
I'm new to this counting macros and I need help. I'm meal prepping the sheet pan chicken with cauliflower and olives under the recipes and it says it serves 4. How do I adjust it to 1 serving in my diary? Also how do I know how much 1 serving is??? 😫 thank you for your help.
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More motivational friends
I’m looking for motivational, female, 50+ friends with open diaries. I like to look at other diaries for ideas! I’ve lost 20 lbs this time around with a long way to go! Like 80 more lbs.
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Setting up to lose weight
I sit on my bum all day so walk 5k each morning and work out each evening. This is day 1, i wont eat anymore now is this right. I dont lose weight and this is pretty much the norm for me Cal 1400-food 1712 +exercise 2305 = 1993 remaining
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Hello
I’m Tamara new to fitness pal. Joined a gym and adding consistency and lifelong habits of good health. I cook and pack my food and am looking for serving size ideas and work out routines. I had a gastric sleeve surgery 1 1/2 years ago. So I track water and vitamins. This is why I chose fitness pal.
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Dealing with weight gain
I’ve lost quite a bit of weight since I’ve started my journey but recently I’ve gained some back. I’ve been strength training so I try to blame some of it on muscle gains but due to some recent changes in my life I’ve been putting off my workouts. I want to get back to it. I would input every calorie almost obsessively…
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I'm Back....Again!
Greetings, It's been a long time since I've been here! The fitness & weight loss group I've joined recommended using MFP to track activity. I'll be moving to the 60+ group now, happy health to y'all.
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Hello Everyone👋
I am hoping we share and compare what we are eating/doing for our weight loss journey It will be 1 month this coming Sunday that I have been doing intermittent fasting and have lost 7lbs. I keep a strong eye on low to none sugar & carbohydrates, high on proteins. Share with us what your focus is👏👏
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I’m looking for long term sustainable healthy eating habits
Hi, I’m new though I apparently joined years ago and didn’t do anything memorable. 😬 Definitely need friends, motivation & support & will reciprocate! Definitely hoping this time will be different. About a year ago I started Optavia and have lost a lot of weight on it and still have more to lose. So I want to transition to…
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Meal prep for returning to the office.
I am having to return to the office after working remote for 3 years. Over the three years I lost 37-40 pounds depending on the day. I am looking for suggestions for keeping the weight off and losing and 20 more pounds. My days start about 3:45am, I have an hour drive one way and my work day doesn’t allow for much…
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Can no longer have more than one decimal for serving size on meals?
As of yesterday, it appears that it is no longer possible to use more than one digit after the decimal point in meal serving sizes. For example, it is no longer possible to enter a serving size of 0.25, you are limited to only enter 0.2. This does not appear to affect any food serving sizes. It appears to only affect meal…
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Good Start To Get Toned?
I work a 8 hour shift at work 5 days a week. I burn 2467 calories during each shift. My breakfast is fruit and water, lunch is protein, and dinner is fruit and water. I am doing the following exercise each morning and night… 1 Minute Planks 5 Reps and 1 Minute Rest Between Each Rep 20 Pushups 2 Sets 1 minute rest between…
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OLD and ready for change!
Here I am again. At 62….5’1” and pushing 200. I still play competitive tennis, wrangle puppies and dogs at work and 40lbs overweight - 50lbs if you go by the charts. (can’t stand those charts) I started counting Macros this time - it’s like a puzzle and working. I’m married. Two kids. Two grandkids and a rescue dog. Tired…
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How do you eat healthy when the rest of your family only wants to eat junk?
I truly need advice on this one. My husband & 13 year old boy are naturally thin, no matter what they eat. I do the shopping & cooking. I want to make healthier meals but I know it will be a challenge to get them to eat anything other than frozen pizza, nuggets, fries, hot pockets, mac n cheese, pizza rolls, snack cakes,…
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Challenge, Reflection, and Looking Forward
Mucho Gusto! I started using this app on the sixth, reintroduced myself to my Fitbit yesterday the seventh, and started the Jumpstart your Health Challenge yesterday as well. When I previously tried to use an app to track my calories I found it difficult and burdensome. There was no motivation and I did not see benefit in…
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Hi everyone
I have just signed up this morning. Im 65 and hoplessly trying to drop 30lbs. Now retired and finding i am now less active with this dark wet weather. But I am looking to the future and hope I can find inspiration here . I need to learn more about the sort of food I need to keep me going . Lived all my days with the…
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Need to do this. Failure is not a option
I don’t know who all read these but I’m putting myself out there I’ll be 57 this week and need to get my physical, mental and spiritual life together. Due to weight gain I noticed I’m not as active, not being active has effective my mental status. I feel more anxious and angry. Well new year new me. Thank you for listening…
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New to Community
Hi, I have been off and on MFP for a few years and decided to re-upbwith premium and connect with others on a similar health journey. The connections and idea sharing makes it feel like you are not going through this alone. I want to start new and sustainable habits I look forward to engaging with this community in 2023.…